[218] In Digital ERA, News Media Images Are Not-So-Picture Perfect

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 6, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

IN DIGITAL ERA, NEWS MEDIA IMAGES ARE NOT-SO-PICTURE PERFECT
Chris Harris Explores Manipulation of Images on “MTSU On the Record”

(MURFREESBORO) – MTSU Professor Chris Harris will discuss the ease with which still camera photos and video images can be manipulated and misinterpreted at 8 a.m. this Sunday, Dec. 6, on “MTSU On the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Among the issues to be discussed are the U.S. Supreme Court case on the release of photos of foreign detainees being tortured by American personnel; the apology by Sean Hannity and Fox News for using footage of one rally to represent the size of a crowd at another rally; the apology by MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan for using a photoshopped picture of Sarah Palin on his program; and a Chattanooga judge’s consideration of whether to allow jurors in the trial of a torture slaying suspect to view gruesome pictures of the victims.
Harris, a professor in the Department of Electronic Media Communication, has shot photos for Time, Newsweek and The New York Times, among other news-gathering entities.
To hear last week’s program on Jesus as a locus for dialogue between Muslims and Christians, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html and click on “November 29, 2009.” For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.


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